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= The Federation requires a status report. =

Choose a Team reporter to place your team responses here.

=Mini-Mission 1: Advocating and Implementing Project Based Learning=
 * Reflect on what you have learned about the structure, components, and rationale for project based learning and complete this mission:**
 * 1) Provide a rational for why PBL will be more successful methodology than conventional means of lecture and large class discussion.
 * It is more successful because it is more akin to what life is - hands on, authentic application
 * Raises the level of involvement and participation - everyone has a stake in what they are doing
 * Each participant has ownership since they are all involved
 * 1) 2. Provide possible PBL projects for each of the subjects taught: math, social studies, science and Antiquan language arts.
 * Science - Study of the effects of a local street fair on the local stream
 * Math - Quadrilaterals unit where students use Moodle, Google Presentations, and then PhotoStory to learn the different kinds of quadrilaterals and then present them to one another.
 * Social Studies - Economics of saving energy in a school building
 * Language Arts - Take the characters of a particular piece of literature and make a yearbook or facebook page describing the character
 * 3. Provide either a short jingle to help the Antiquans remember project based learning or an illustration that would help the Antiquans remember project based learning.

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=Mini-Mission 2: Wisdom of the Crowd: Next Steps= After analyzing and synthesizing the ideas on your chart, work together as a team to wordsmith 5-10 measurable next steps around implementation of your category

The bottom line is that we need to involve the decision makers (administrators) in our collaborative discussions of 21st Century Teaching and Learning. It is our suggestion that this be rolled out via the Intermediate Units. A day could be planned where coach and admin can build the necessary relationships to work collaboratively on implementing this vision. We also suggest that this be tied in with a required mandate, like funding. If our administrative teams expect their staffs to use technology, they need to be leaders and the driving force. Sometimes coaches need to work with the admin team FIRST before they can work with their staff. Fears and concerns of admin need to be addressed before things are rolled out to staff so admin jumps on board!

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=Mini-Mission 3: Know Your Support Systems - Full Speed Ahead= The results of the survey are here. We suggest that you save a copy of this spreadsheet so that you can sort it as you wish to be able to analyze the responses. (Team, Room, IU, etc)

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=Mini-Mission 4: Model Lessons and Galactic "Monsters"=


 * Reflection on Model Lessons:** Use the Discussion tab to respond.

Discuss these prompts with your teammates
 * Battling the Galactic "Monster" Discussions**
 * What strategies you have used to overcome the "monsters"?
 * Who are some of the key people in the district who MUST be on your side in order to be successful?
 * As you share your strategies, consider using some for your Individual Mission

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=Mini-Mission 5: Presentation to the Federation= After you have reflected (and revised?) your project, post it below. Either upload the file, embed the project, or post a link to your project.

//**Note**//: The Individual Instructional Coach Mission (IICM) should be uploaded to your specific IU page here. Please save your mission (document, podcast, movie, prezi, etc. ) with your name.

Post Final Team Mission Projects Here:
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